500. antichristos

Strong's Lexicon

antichristos: Antichrist

Original Word: ἀντίχριστος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: antichristos
Pronunciation: an-tee'-khris-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee'-khris-tos)
Definition: Antichrist
Meaning: antichrist, either one who puts himself in the place of, or the enemy (opponent) of the Messiah.

Word Origin: From the Greek words ἀντί (anti, meaning "against" or "in place of") and Χριστός (Christos, meaning "Christ" or "Anointed One").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "antichristos," the concept of opposition to God's anointed can be seen in various Old Testament passages that speak of false prophets and adversaries of God's people (e.g., Daniel 7:25, which speaks of a figure who will oppose the Most High).

Usage: The term "antichristos" refers to an adversary of Christ, one who opposes or seeks to replace Christ. In the New Testament, it is used to describe both a spirit of opposition to Christ and specific individuals who embody this opposition. The term is often associated with false teachers and deceivers who deny the true nature of Jesus Christ.

Cultural and Historical Background: The concept of the Antichrist has its roots in early Christian eschatology and is linked to the expectation of a future figure who will embody evil and oppose Christ before the end times. In the first century, the early church faced numerous heresies and false teachings, prompting the apostles to warn believers about those who would lead them astray. The term "antichristos" captures the essence of these warnings, emphasizing vigilance against spiritual deception.

HELPS Word-studies

500 antíxristos (from 473 /antí, "opposite to, in place of" and 5547 /Xristós, "Christ") – properly, opposite to Christ; someone acting in place of (against) Christ; "Antichrist."

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from anti and Christos
Definition
antichrist, (one who opposes Christ)
NASB Translation
antichrist (4), antichrists (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 500: ἀντίχριστος

ἀντίχριστος, ἀντιχρίστου, ὁ (ἀντί against and Χριστός, like ἀντίθεος opposing God, in Philo de somn. l. ii. § 27, etc., Justin, quaest. et resp., p. 463 c. and other Fathers; (see Sophocles Lexicon, under the word, cf. Trench, § xxx.)), the adversary of the Messiah, a most pestilent being, to appear just before the Messiah's advent, concerning whom the Jews had conceived diverse opinions, derived partly from Daniel 11:36ff; , partly from Ezekiel 38; Ezekiel 39. Cf. Eisenmenger, Entdecktes Judenthum, ii. 704ff; Gesenius in Ersch and Gruber's Encycl. iv. 292ff under the word Antichrist; Böhmer, Die Lehre v. Antichrist nach Schneckenburger, in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. vol. iv., p. 405ff The name ὁ ἀντίχριστος was formed perhaps by John, the only writer in the N. T. who uses it (five times); he employs it of the corrupt power and influence hostile to Christian interests, especially that which is at work in false teachers who have come from the bosom of the church and are engaged in disseminating error: 1 John 2:18 (where the meaning is, 'what ye have heard concerning Antichrist, as about to make his appearance just before the return of Christ, is now fulfilled in the many false teachers, most worthy to be called antichrists,' (on the omission of the article cf. Buttmann, 89 (78))); 1 John 4:3; and of the false teachers themselves, 1 John 2:22; 2 John 7. In Paul and the Rev. the idea but not the name of Antichrist is found; yet the conception differs from that of John. For Paul teaches that Antichrist will be an individual man (cf. B. D. as below), of the very worst character (τόν ἄνθρωπον τῆς ἁμαρτίας (or, ἀνομίας); see ἁμαρτία, 1), instigated by the devil to try to palm himself off as God: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10. The author of the Apocalypse discovers the power of Antichrist in the sway of imperial Rome, and his person in the Emperor Nero, soon to return from the dead: Revelation 13 and Revelation 17. (Often in ecclesiastical writings.) (See B. D. under the word (American edition for additional references), also B. D. under the article, Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the; Kähler in Herzog edition 2, i. 446f; Westcott, Epistles of St. John, pp 68, 89.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

antichrist.

From anti and Christos; an opponent of the Messiah -- antichrist.

see GREEK anti

see GREEK Christos

Forms and Transliterations

αντιχριστοι αντίχριστοι ἀντίχριστοι αντιχριστος αντίχριστος ἀντίχριστος αντιχριστου αντιχρίστου ἀντιχρίστου antichristoi antíchristoi antichristos antíchristos antichristou antichrístou

Englishman's Concordance

1 John 2:18 N-NMS
GRK: ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἀντίχριστος ἔρχεται καὶ
NAS: as you heard that antichrist is coming,
KJV: that antichrist shall come,
INT: you heard that antichrist is coming even

1 John 2:18 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν
NAS: many antichrists have appeared;
KJV: many antichrists; whereby
INT: even now antichrists many have arisen

1 John 2:22 N-NMS
GRK: ἐστιν ὁ ἀντίχριστος ὁ ἀρνούμενος
NAS: This is the antichrist, the one who denies
KJV: is antichrist, that denieth
INT: is the antichrist who denies

1 John 4:3 N-GMS
GRK: τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου ὃ ἀκηκόατε
NAS: this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, of which
KJV: is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof
INT: that of the antichrist [of] which you heard

2 John 1:7 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ἀντίχριστος
NAS: is the deceiver and the antichrist.
KJV: a deceiver and an antichrist.
INT: and the antichrist

Strong's Greek 500
5 Occurrences

ἀντίχριστοι — 1 Occ.
ἀντίχριστος — 3 Occ.
ἀντιχρίστου — 1 Occ.